Today, I went to get my blood drawn for the first time. After I explained to the nurse how nervous I was, she replied, "Oh honey, don't worry! This is my first time too!" FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I was telling my mom that I was really nervous about going to the gynecologist for the first time. Her response, "Oh don't worry, it's not like it's the first time you've spread your legs!" FML
Today, I had to get bloodwork done. I'm deathly afraid of needles. The whole lobby heard me scream as soon as the nurse said 'hello'. FML
Today, I went for bloodwork. It's routine for me, so I was ready for the nurse to put in the needle and take my blood. It went in fine, but right after, she slowly pulled the needle out, then wondered why the blood stopped. She then moved it back and forth in my arm while I panicked silently. FML
Today, I went to a blood drive. The nurse taking my blood mentioned that she'd been called in on her day off, and she swore she wasn't drunk. I didn't know what to do, so I just smiled and blinked back tears as she savaged the vein in my arm. FML
Today, I tried donating blood for the first time because my company was hosting a blood drive. Right after telling everyone I wasn't afraid of needles, I fainted before they could even use one. I woke up surrounded by phlebotomists offering me juice while my coworkers whooped like I'd just scored a goal. FML
Today, I donated blood for the first time, and all the nurses kept complimenting on how good my veins were. That's the nicest thing anyone has said to me in the past 2 months. FML
Today, I was at the doctor and I had to get a fingerstick in the lab to get blood drawn. There was a 6 year-old boy waiting to go next. He was terrified. His mother told him to, "Watch this brave girl go first." I panicked and began to hyperventilate. The kid fainted. FML
Today, I decided to give blood for the second time. I felt excrutiating pain when she stuck the needle in my arm. Another nurse came running over in a panic. Apparently my inexperienced nurse had put it in my tendon instead of my vein. FML
Today, I tried to get over my childhood phobia of syringes by donating blood. The phlebotomist hadn't even touched the needle before I started sobbing hysterically. They made me leave. FML
Today, I went to the doctor to get a blood test and I started crying when I saw the needle. I planned on becoming a doctor. FML
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Seegtease 0
I think she made a funny joke, but you were too nervous to get it.
bsneeze 0
no one wants to hear that, but someone has to be her first victim, i mean patient :-p I have actually had that happen to me before too, but all went well.
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Comments (48)
lilai1396 0
i know how ya feel, i am a survivor of cancer so i get needles all the time, and they always miss a few times cus the chemo made my veins smaller and deeper in.... scary part is that my mom is a nurse, so she gives me alot of the needles i need to get cus the doctors are afraid i'll scare the other patients...i am fine with needles, can NOT stand the strept throat test (freaked out in a doctors office:D) anyways... FYL
ILoveMyLifeSoMuc 0
thats creepy, like what if she messes up or something?!?!
vollyball921 0
I HATE needles
noboundary 9
yea FYL i understand. I remember a nurse just like this except when she was taking my blood, the vein disappered and she thought it would be okay to look for it with the needle still inside my arm. I felt her scrapping the inside tissue lining...and I got a purple bruise the size of a tennis ball.
Poepiepiesie 3
Well you lived to post this. Kinda get over it.
020266t 5
DAMN
mtw85 0
I am a paramedic and we make that joke every day.
smlz4me 1
I agree
v8rax 0
OP every nurse has to have a first time dip shit
MrNurse 1
16! times. Wow that's pretty crazy, protocol at most facilities is try twice before getting someone more experienced.